Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1887-04-22
sLAND, APRIL %, 1887.
'''Yes, sir

II made no reply. Only stood an
looked at him.
" Young man, he said at last, tax
my advice and never attempt to lear
banking. You could hope for nothin
better than the position of booIkeepe
for years, if ever; and it is nothing bu
a dogs ifel Besides, the business j
crowded, sir. There are more bank
than there are people to support them
Every paper you pick up is full of ban
failures
'And he bowed me out.
81 went back TO Mrs. Green and toll
her the result. NYell,' she said, MI
Swiizer ought to know. He Las bee
in the business thirty years. Ho,
would you like to be a druggistr
81 told her l would like anything tina
was paying business. She had frien,
who was druggist, and she was posi-
tive he wanted a clerk.
IS, she wrote another note and lette
of introduction and sent mo off to he
druggist friend"
81 walked slower this time and it wa
just as well. The position had beei
filed before l got there"
"But just as turned to leave th
store, the proprietor, who was quite al
old man, stopped me and said:
Young man, don't spend an hou
trying to be druggist. have been ii
the business forty years and know wha
l am talking about. You've got tc
work Ike slave, night and Sundays
not excepted, and probably in the end
get sued for damages on account of some
careless prescription clerk. Besides the
business is overdone already You will
find a drug store springing up on every
other corner. Take my word for it,
there is no money in drugs"
"That night sat in my room trying
to decide which way to turn next, wher
Charlie Griffin, the fellow who roomed
next to me, dropped in.
''Got the blues" he asked.
"Yes, l have answered with
great, deep sigh. i am perfectly sick
of the whole of it,
90, pshaw.' he sad in a cheerful
tone that frightened me little, there
are plenty Of chances. You win get in
somewhere believe the book business
'ars.ld Just suat yes Mhv dent vwz
We'll, that will be just the thing
for you,' he said with great confidence.
i can help you on that, tool l am &C.
I quainted with a man in the book busi-
ness and he wants partner There is
your chance. I will go down with you
in the morning and give you an intro
duction.'
Then he ratified on for hall
an hour about subscription books
and all other kinds of books.
The fortunes that had been made out ol
them and the chances there were for
young men in the business, and 1 went
to bed with renewed hopes.
"The next morning we went down tc
the office. Charlie introduced me and
told the proprietor wanted to learn the
business.
" Want to learn the book business !
he exclaimed, as though there wal
something terrible in the very thought
If you had had the experience l hav'
you would never try handling books
1t is the most tantalizing business OF
earth. Take a new subscription book
for instance. 1t treats of a popula
topic and you know there is money il
it, The books take, the agents secur
large orders and everything looks pros
porous. But wait till the delivery
comes. Some of the subscribers hay
changed their minds, some of then
moved away, and probably those whom
the agent felt the surest of will hay
diphtheria or scarlet fever so that h
can't see them at all The result is, two
thirds of the books come back on you
hands. 1t is the most discouraging bust
ness in existence. don't want an
PARTNER. l want to sell OUT
, "Do you know of any opening in an
kind of businessr asked.
"'No, Sir, do not, he replied, wit
a wild shake of the head. Every pro
| fession and every branch of busines
. under the sun is over-crowdedl Ther
is not even a possibility of success i
anything
"Charlie went to his work and wen
back to my boarding house.
e "Mrs. Green 1 said, in defar
tone will you trust me for my boarC
for two monthsf
. "'Why, yes, Mr.. Meyers, will tru:
5 you, she replied. What are you goin
r to dor
! 4 am going to open a law Office.
n have spent my time and money in fittin
myself for profession, and propose
c follow it and make a living out of it,
c THAT afternoon l rented small off1C
n and commenced business for myself.
9 have followed the practice of law ev,
: since and l have prospercd. Any youn
man can do the same. Ask neither syn
/ pathy, assistance nor advice, but qualil
/ yourself for the vocation you wish
i follow and then go to work in earnest.
# Daniel Webster only voiced the el
.e perience of lifetime when he reptile
n to young man who asked him if the
was chance in his profession:
ie Yes, sir, there is room at the top.
(, - Detroit Free Press.
1t Force of Habit.
Wayfarer; l beg your pardon sir,